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06-30-2007, 09:48 AM | #1 |
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| An Unpublished Letter to the Editor. I just got this in an email and I thought it was worth sharing with the rest of you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ORANGE COUNTY ( CALIFORNIA ) NEWSPAPER > This is a very good letter to the editor. This woman > made some good points. For some reason, people have > difficulty structuring their arguments when arguing > against supporting the currently proposed immigration > revisions. This lady made the argument pretty simple. > > > > NOT printed in the Orange County > Paper................... > > Newspapers simply won't publish letters to the editor > which they either deem politically incorrect (read > below) or which does not agree with the philosophy > they're pushing on the public. This woman wrote a > great letter to the editor that should have been > published; but, with your help it will get published > via cyberspace! > > New Immigrants > From: "David LaBonte" > > My wife, Rosemary, wrote a wonderful letter to the > editor of the OC Register which, of course, was not > printed. So, I decided to "print" it myself by sending > it out on the Internet. > Pass it along if you feel so inclined. > Dave LaBonte (signed) > > > Written in response to a series of letters to the > editor in the Orange County Register: > > Dear Editor: > > So many letter writers have based their arguments on > how this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan > for one, suggests we should tear down the Statue of > Liberty because the people now in question aren't > being treated the same as those who passed through > Ellis Island and other ports of entry. > > Maybe we should turn to our history books and point > out to people like Mr. Lujan why today's American is > not willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any > longer. Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all > areas of Europe to come to the United States, people > had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New > York and be documented. Some would even get down on > their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a > pledge to uphold the laws and support their new > country in good and bad times. They made learning > English a primary rule in their new American > households and some even changed their names to blend > in with their new home. > > They had waved good bye to their birth place to give > their children a new life and did everything in their > power to help their children assimilate into one > culture. > > Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no > welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had > were the skills and craftsmanship they had brought > with them to trade for a future of prosperity. Most of > their children came of age when World War II broke > out. My father fought along side men whose parents had > come straight over from Germany , Italy , France and > Japan . None of these 1st generation Americans ever > gave any thought about what country their parents had > come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, > Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan . They were > defending the United States of America as one people. > When we liberated France , no one in those villages > were looking for the French-American or the German > American or the Irish American. The people of France > saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that > represented one country. Not one of those immigrant > sons would have thought about picking up another > country's flag and waving it to represent who they > were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents > who had sacrificed so much to be here. These > immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American. > They stirred the melting pot into one red, white and > blue bowl. > > And here we are in 2006 with a new kind of immigrant > who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they > want to achieve it by playing with a different set of > rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a > guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. > I'm sorry, that's not what being an American is all > about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on > Ellis Island in the early 1900's deserve better than > that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in > raising future generations to create a land that has > become a beacon for those legally searching for a > better life. I think they would be appalled that they > are being used as an example by those waving foreign > country flags. > > And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue > of Liberty , it happens to mean a lot to the citizens > who are voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't > start talking about dismantling the United States just > yet. > (signed) Rosemary LaBonte > > > > P. S. Pass this on to everyone you know!!! > KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING!! > I hope this letter gets read by millions of people all > across the nation!! > > Ever onward!!
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07-06-2007, 05:42 PM | #2 |
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| I got this email too! It had some good points! |
07-06-2007, 06:10 PM | #3 |
and Hopeys Mom Too Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Louisiana
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| Amen!!!
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07-07-2007, 04:29 AM | #4 |
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| Completely agree |
07-07-2007, 05:25 AM | #5 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Interesting...and I can't really argue!
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